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2023–24 Professional U18 Development League

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U18 Premier League
Season2023–24
ChampionsManchester United U18s (1st title)
Matches played312
Goals scored1,368 (4.38 per match)
Top goalscorerChido Obi-Martin (32 goals)
Biggest home winChelsea U18s 9–1 West Bromwich Albion U18s
Everton U18s 8–0 Newcastle United U18s
Biggest away winReading U18s 0–9 Southampton U18s
Norwich City U18s 0–9 Arsenal U18s
Highest scoringArsenal U18s 8–3 Crystal Palace U18s
Longest unbeaten runManchester United U18s (17 games)

The 2023–24 Professional U18 Development League was the 12th season of the Professional Development League system. There were 26 teams competing, divided into North and South divisions according to their region.

Reading regained Category One status in the summer.[1]

North

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manchester United U18s (C, Q) 24 20 2 2 78 28 +50 62 Qualification for the National Final
2 Manchester City U18s 24 18 2 4 71 27 +44 56
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s 24 12 5 7 43 34 +9 41
4 Derby County U18s 24 11 4 9 55 51 +4 37
5 Leeds United U18s 24 10 3 11 54 51 +3 33
6 Liverpool U18s 24 10 2 12 56 62 −6 32
7 Nottingham Forest U18s 24 8 8 8 37 47 −10 32
8 Newcastle United U18s 24 10 2 12 49 61 −12 32
9 Middlesbrough U18s 24 7 6 11 33 47 −14 27
10 Blackburn Rovers U18s 24 8 3 13 39 60 −21 27
11 Everton U18s 24 7 4 13 39 39 0 25
12 Stoke City U18s 24 7 2 15 43 61 −18 23
13 Sunderland U18s 24 5 3 16 32 61 −29 18
Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

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Home \ Away BLB DER EVE LEE LIV MNC MNU MID NEW NFO STK SUN WOL
Blackburn Rovers U18s — 4–1 0–2 2–4 2–4 2–3 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–1
Derby County U18s 5–2 — 2–0 1–6 5–1 0–3 2–2 4–1 5–3 1–1 3–1 5–1 2–3
Everton U18s 1–3 1–3 — 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 8–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–3
Leeds United U18s 4–1 5–0 1–4 — 4–1 1–4 0–6 2–4 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2
Liverpool U18s 5–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 — 1–2 1–9 3–1 1–2 4–2 3–1 7–1 2–4
Manchester City U18s 6–0 5–1 1–1 5–2 3–0 — 4–1 2–1 4–2 3–4 3–1 1–3 3–0
Manchester United U18s 5–2 3–1 3–1 4–0 4–3 1–0 — 3–0 5–1 2–1 4–2 1–3 2–0
Middlesbrough U18s 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–6 0–4 — 3–4 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0
Newcastle United U18s 3–0 1–2 4–2 2–1 4–3 1–2 1–3 1–3 — 3–2 2–4 3–0 3–2
Nottingham Forest U18s 2–1 0–6 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–4 2–2 1–0 1–4 — 1–1 0–0 1–1
Stoke City U18s 3–5 0–1 1–4 1–6 2–4 1–3 1–4 1–1 4–1 5–3 — 4–2 1–2
Sunderland U18s 1–2 1–1 0–2 4–3 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–4 2–2 1–2 1–2 — 3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers U18s 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 —
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chelsea U18s (C, Q) 24 17 3 4 72 41 +31 54 Qualification for the National Final
2 West Ham United U18s 24 16 1 7 72 48 +24 49
3 Arsenal U18s 24 14 5 5 83 43 +40 47
4 Tottenham Hotspur U18s 24 14 3 7 73 57 +16 45
5 Fulham U18s 24 14 2 8 66 49 +17 44
6 Crystal Palace U18s 24 12 5 7 60 48 +12 41
7 Brighton & Hove Albion U18s 24 11 4 9 60 55 +5 37
8 Leicester City U18s 24 7 7 10 44 55 −11 28
9 West Bromwich Albion U18s 24 7 4 13 43 65 −22 25
10 Southampton U18s 24 6 5 13 47 56 −9 23
11 Norwich City U18s 24 6 1 17 41 81 −40 19
12 Aston Villa U18s 24 5 2 17 50 70 −20 17
13 Reading U18s 24 5 2 17 28 71 −43 17
Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

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Home \ Away ARS AVL BHA CHE CRY FUL LEI NOR REA SOU TOT WBA WHU
Arsenal U18s — 4–2 1–3 5–2 8–3 5–2 2–1 4–3 3–0 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–0
Aston Villa U18s 2–3 — 0–6 5–0 0–1 0–2 2–4 1–4 3–1 0–4 4–0 7–1 2–4
Brighton & Hove Albion U18s 3–5 3–2 — 0–2 4–2 4–2 1–0 1–6 5–2 2–2 2–2 4–3 1–3
Chelsea U18s 3–2 2–0 3–0 — 2–1 1–3 3–2 1–2 2–0 3–2 3–4 9–1 4–3
Crystal Palace U18s 3–3 3–2 3–3 1–2 — 4–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–4
Fulham U18s 1–0 7–2 3–2 3–3 4–3 — 4–3 5–0 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–3 3–4
Leicester City U18s 0–4 3–3 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–5 — 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–4 4–0 0–3
Norwich City U18s 0–9 0–7 2–6 3–6 1–4 0–0 1–2 — 2–4 2–3 2–0 1–4 1–5
Reading U18s 2–2 3–2 3–2 1–4 0–3 0–3 2–2 2–1 — 0–9 1–6 0–1 1–5
Southampton U18s 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–4 1–1 4–2 2–1 — 3–6 3–1 2–2
Tottenham Hotspur U18s 3–2 3–2 4–2 1–4 2–5 3–4 3–4 7–2 3–0 2–2 — 5–3 2–4
West Bromwich Albion U18s 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–5 0–3 2–3 3–2 1–2 — 2–0
West Ham United U18s 1–8 5–2 3–1 2–3 5–4 3–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–3 2–5 —
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


National Final

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Chelsea U18s1–2Manchester United U18s
 Report
Referee: Luke Scott

Season statistics

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As of 2 September 2023

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Tom Olyott Fulham 5
Sean Neave Newcastle United
Rory Wilson Aston Villa
4 Jesse Derry Crystal Palace 4
Jayden Danns Liverpool
Lleyton Brown Leeds United

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Lleyton Brown Leeds United Stoke City 6–1 (A) 12 August 2023 [4]
Zach Marsh Crystal Palace Southampton 5–0 (H) 12 August 2023 [5]
Rory Wilson Aston Villa Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 (H) 12 August 2023 [6]
Tom Olyott Fulham Leicester City 4–3 (H) 26 August 2023 [7]
Ato Ampah Chelsea Aston Villa 5–1 (A) 26 August 2023 [8]
Alfie Harrison Manchester City Blackburn Rovers 6–0 (H) 26 August 2023 [9]
Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Professional Development League 2

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U18 Professional Development League 2
Season2023–24
ChampionsBirmingham City
Matches played310
Goals scored1,294 (4.17 per match)
Top goalscorerMicah Mbick (27 goals)
Biggest home winMillwall 12–0 Queens Park Rangers
(9 March 2024)
Biggest away winColchester United 1–10 Millwall
(13 January 2024)
Highest scoringMillwall 12–0 Queens Park Rangers
(9 March 2024)
Millwall 8–4 Cardiff City
(1 May 2024)
Longest winning run8 matches
Birmingham City
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Charlton Athletic
Longest winless run18 matches
Colchester United
Longest losing run8 matches
Fleetwood Town and Peterborough United

The 2023–24 season was the 12th edition of the Professional Development League 2, an under-18 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. The league was split regionally into North and South divisions, with each team facing opponents in their own region twice both home and away, and opponents in the other region once, resulting in 30 games played for the North Division, while the South Division played 29 games. The sides finishing in the top two positions in both regions at the end of the season progressed to a knockout stage to determine the overall league champion. Barnsley were the defending national champions while Bournemouth and Fleetwood Town joined the division for the 2023–24 season.[10]

Tables

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North Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Birmingham City U18s 30 21 4 5 73 37 +36 67 Qualification for Knock-out stage
2 Barnsley U18s 30 18 3 9 71 43 +28 57
3 Sheffield Wednesday U18s 30 16 4 10 56 36 +20 52
4 Burnley U18s 30 12 10 8 56 38 +18 46
5 Sheffield United U18s 30 11 9 10 57 48 +9 42
6 Crewe Alexandra U18s 30 12 3 15 71 73 −2 39
7 Fleetwood Town U18s 30 12 2 16 46 65 −19 38
8 Hull City U18s 30 10 6 14 47 70 −23 36
9 Coventry City U18s 30 9 5 16 51 75 −24 32
10 Wigan Athletic U18s 30 8 4 18 49 67 −18 28
11 Peterborough United U18s 30 6 2 22 44 87 −43 20
Source: [3]

South Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Charlton Athletic U18s 29 21 5 3 94 51 +43 68 Qualification for Knock-out stage
2 Bristol City U18s 29 20 2 7 75 35 +40 62
3 Cardiff City U18s 29 18 3 8 76 51 +25 57
4 Watford U18s 29 15 5 9 60 36 +24 50
5 AFC Bournemouth U18s 29 13 0 16 65 71 −6 39
6 Millwall U18s 29 12 2 15 86 67 +19 38
7 Ipswich Town U18s 29 11 3 15 67 77 −10 36
8 Swansea City U18s 29 11 1 17 49 63 −14 34
9 Queens Park Rangers U18s 29 8 2 19 54 111 −57 26
10 Colchester United U18s 29 5 7 17 47 93 −46 22
Source: [4]

Knock-out stage

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Semi-finals

Charlton Athletic U18s5–3Barnsley U18s
 Report
Sparrows Lane, London
Birmingham City U18s0–0 (a.e.t.)Bristol City U18s
Penalties
 6–5

Professional Development League Two Play-Off Final

Birmingham City U18s3–2 (a.e.t.)Charlton Athletic U18s
Birmingham County FA, Birmingham

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "We're back! Our Academy regains Category One status". Reading F.C. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Premier League U18 table". Premier League. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Players – U18 Premier League – England – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ "U18s Report: Stoke City 1–6 Leeds United". Leeds United F.C. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Report & Highlights: Young Eagles fire five past Saints in season opener". Crystal Palace F.C. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  6. ^ "U18s: Aston Villa 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur". Aston Villa F.C. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Fulham U18s 4–3 Leicester U18s". Fulham F.C. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Under-18s PL report: Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 5". Chelsea F.C. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  9. ^ "City U18s kickstart campaign with six-hit win over Blackburn Rovers". Manchester City F.C. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  10. ^ "AFC Bournemouth awarded category 2 status". vitalfootball.co.uk. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
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